Below is a list of the main features provided by the XtraNavBar Suite.

Side Bars - With its introduction in Office 97, the traditional Side Bar paint style revolutionized UI design in the industry. The XtraNavBar allows you to incorporate this unique look & feel into your applications with ease. The eight Side Bar paint styles allow you to emulate Outlook 2000, XP, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. Explorer Bars - The four unique Explorer Bar paint styles allow you to emulate classic Windows and Windows XP Explorer Bar. Microsoft Office 2003 Navigation Pane style supports all the features introduced in MS Outlook. With this style end-users can change the number of visible groups by dragging the group's border, access invisible groups via the Overflow Panel which is displayed at the bottom, customize the control using the built-in menu. Windows XP Theme Support. Customizable Styles for Every XtraNavBar Element In Every State. Small and Large Images Layout. Icons Flow Layout Groups can display only the icons of items that are arranged into rows. Link selection support - You can either have a single selected link in the control, selected links in each individual group or prohibit link selection. Control Container Groups enable you to fill the group with any Windows Forms controls just by dragging them onto the group and managing their layout in the same manner as on any other container control. On-Form Control Customization - The XtraNavBar control gives you the ability to add and customize groups, links and embedded controls directly on a form without the need for any dialogs. The Property Editor Dialog allows you to add and customize groups and items, change the control's paint style, customize the styles of elements, save and restore the control's layout. Automatic Internal Drag and Drop - End users can use drag and drop to move items between groups. Automatic Content Scrolling - The XtraNavBar control automatically determines when its content cannot be fully displayed on screen. If an ExplorerBar view is currently used and the groups don't fit into the control's area, a vertical scrollbar is displayed. If a SideBar or Navigation Pane view is used and the links don't fit into the active group's client area, the group displays scroll buttons. Alpha blending and Background Images Support - you can provide a background image for the control or for each individual group's client area and customize the transparency for every element via styles. Custom Painting for Every XtraNavBar Element - As with any other Developer Express control, we allow you to paint every element manually for each state. Automatic Caption Word Wrapping for Groups and Items. Customizable Distances Between Groups and Links.

Load and Save Runtime State - The XtraNavBar allows you to load and save its state to an XML file, the Registry, or a Stream. Customizable Hints and Cursors for Every Group and Item View Extensibility and Registration - You can create your own views and register them, so that they are available even at design-time.